Mac to mac connection? Help, please!

My friend was told that her mac needs to be "wiped" but she would want to rescue all the documents and pics, etc from it. Since it won't reboot properly, is there any way to link her mac to mine and access this, as if her mac was an external hard drive? Thank you so much for your help!!

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